“No, Dori.”
“Daddy!”
“DOR. RI.”
“Daddy!”
“No, sweet one, watching? Are you watching? Look here, look at me now: Dor. Reee. Dori.”
“mmaaaabaaaaa Daddy, herro! Herro Daddy!”
“You’re going to have to live with it for a while, he’s just too little to understand,” said Nori, grinning from the doorway. Dori glared up at him, little toddler arms hanging around his neck.
“Dadddyyyyyyy,” said Ori happily, and he planted a sticky kiss on Dori’s bearded cheek.
Dori sighed and resigned himself to it. He supposed it wasn’t so bad.











